I'm going to compile some thoughts on the list, and post them here later, but in the meantime, your thoughts! :D

12-02-2003

The Overlord Returns

Saw this poor excuse for an albums list last week....pure and utter crap...

How Sgt. Peppers beats out revolver AND the White Album for number one is beyond me...

12-02-2003

James Boba Fettfield

I don't know who ranked these but what is Appetite for Destruction doing in the top 100? A Notorious Big album in the top 150? Radiohead making the list twice in the top 200? Some of these things leave me puzzled.

But I will leave you with this most confusing choice on the list:

17. Nevermind, Nirvana

:confused:

12-02-2003

Jedi_Master_Guyute

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Boba Fettfield

Radiohead making the list twice in the top 200? Some of these things leave me puzzled.
:confused:

I agree with you here, JBFF; Radiohead should've been in the top 50, at least the top 20. :crazed:

I'm surprised they didn't rank Nirvana higher; it seems that every critic adores the overrated hype about them.

Might just be me though. :D

12-02-2003

El Chuxter

Pet Sounds shoulda been #1. :)

One of the biggest mind-bogglers to me is how low some true classics ranked:

Right there's enough to round out the top 50, if you weed out garbage like Thriller. (Yeah, it's one of the biggest sellers, and "Billie Jean" is probably the best pop tune of all time, but the album hasn't aged well.)

Here's thoughts on the Beatle-centric higher slots from a friend of mine:

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Originally Posted by El Chuxter's buddy

The Beatles - okay, I understand the Beatles changed rock history. That said, I have two separate complaints. First, every time they cleared their throat, it wasn't noteworthy. Then, with everything that they did put in, they deliberately slighted "Magical Mystery Tour" and I don't like it.

Nothing against Liz Phair, but Exile in Guyville is another strong contender for "Most Overrated Album Ever."

12-02-2003

The Overlord Returns

OK Computer should have been in the top 10 ...along with "London Calling" by the Clash....

12-02-2003

bobafrett

What! No Barry Manilow? I'm outraged!

12-03-2003

Jedi Tech

Seem more like a list of crap to me, the more i think about it the more it makes me want to write these fools and let them know about.

Where the hell is Bon Jovi's (Slippery When Wet) album or Pearl Jam (Ten) or Tesla (Five Man Accoustical Jam) or Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble (Couldn't Stand The Weather) or better yet any of the Hips albums. The top 100 is a joke and the rest along with it. I like Biggie, Dre, and lots of other rap music but they should not be on the list before Kiss in any way.

12-03-2003

Kidhuman

Another list Rs has mucked up? Floyd, in the top 200 for years and number 43? I wouldnt use this list for T.P.

12-07-2003

Lowly Bantha Cleaner

Remember, this list was not complied by Rolling Stone editors and writers but rather by musicians, executives, and people in the music biz. I don't remember how many contributed, but I believe it was in the hundreds.

We are always going to gripe about this album, or that one, but I think on the whole, RS did a good job ranking the albums. One reason Sg't Pepper's ranked #1, despite many, many people thinking that "Revolver" was a better album had to do with it's influence and how that album revolutionized music. That was one of the points that earned major consideration in the ranking. And yes, there will be omissions like Pearl Jam's Ten and a few classic Genesis albums, but I state again that RS did a good job.

One thing, there were too many "Greatest Hits" albums on the list and another thing, RS has been doing a lot of rankings lately. Perhaps to generate controversy, perhaps to sell more issues, perhaps to stoke the fires of readers like us. These rankings will always cause a ruckus.